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After planting vines 3 years ago from another vendor we were a little hesitant to try again. After looking at the products and speaking to customer service, HarvestExpress.com convinced us to try again. We planted 2011 and were making wine from grapes in 2012. We are going to move forward from our small test plot to a 3 acre vineyard and WILL USE HARVEST EXPRESS.

Muscat of Alexandria is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. It is considered an "ancient vine", and wine experts believe it is one of the oldest genetically unmodified vines still in existence. [1]. While today it is mostly cultivated as a table grape or for raisin production, it is still an important grape in the Australian and South African wine industry. It is also cultivated very heavily on the island of Samos, in the North Eastern Aegean region of Greece, and reputedly Cleopatra drank muscat wine from there. It is also thought to rival the French Beaume de Venise in its most refined form. In Spain, the grape is used for wine around Málaga, Alicante, Valencia, and the Canary Islands. The grape originated in North Africa, and the name is probably derived from its association with Ancient Egyptians who used the grape for wine making. [1]